San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-12-27
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Wells, jeweler Of Austin, assings for
SIS, COO.
The state officials dined yesterday at
the lunstlo ASYLUM. Appropriate.
Captain and crew OF five, drowned In
. gale of the Massachusetts, coast.
DR.. Mckenzie is again at San Reno.
Spaught, a Dublin magistrate shot at,
but not hit. No arrests.
Advices from New Zealand state that
the colonial parliament has passed the
naval defense bill.
Miss Emily Winnant, the American
contralto, left Saturday by the steamer
Etruria for New York.
Silver panic 10 Constantinople; the
government refusing to accept silver
for duties after March IL.
Austria wants to concilite matters and
will stop sending troops towards
Galioia-On paper.
N. Deleanon, Russian minister OF
public instruction, resigns. The uni
versity riots continue.
Snow In the vicinity OF Big Springs
Is from three feet to Is inches deep and
weather on yesterday was bitterly cold.
The strike on the Reading road Is not
settled and threatens to involve the
whole business Of the company.
Milwaukee reports 100000 fire
caused by monkey overturniDg . lamp
10 q theatre.
Mandevil's reception, at Mitchell
town, after his release from prison, WAS
most enthusiastic.
Five thousand persons assembl at
Nhaafar n uifnoaa 10 PM nj
Gladstone for the continent.
The duke OF Norfolk presented Queen
Vic's jubilee gift to the pope on yester-
day.
Zahdi Paschs, formerly minister OF
Turkish finance, has his official head
Topped of.
Glasses for the study OF the Russian
language will be opened 10 several:of
the Austrian military departments.
The pope is reported to have ordered
the Irish srchbishops to adopt q more
conciliatOry tone towards the British
government.
Oceanica will shortly ask the home
government to construct Australian
men-of-war, all except Queensland
having passed the naval defense bill.
Mr.. Archibald NJ. Neil, a leading
member Of the staff of the London
Sportsman, is mysteriously missing. He
was last seen on Tuesday, when he en-
barked for Boulogne.
MIR. Parnell ia spending the Christmas
holidays with Mr.. O'Shea, at Ethan, in
Kent. Mr.. Parnel's health is much i'm
proved. He will probably address his
constituents In Cork, In January.
Capt. Dunno, who was committed for
trial In Dublin, for firing a revolver at
the Rev. Henry Melville, the bstrayer Of
DUNES daughter, has been admitted to
bail.
Inquiry has shown that q backing
manufacturer bought the decoration Of
the French Legion Of Honor for &C, 900
francs and that N. Wilson and his ac-
completes shared the spoils. M. Wilson's
arrest is expected In connection with
the affair.
Advices from Sydney, N. s. w., state
that the French commandant of the
New Hebrides has been ordered by his
government to evacuate the islands In
January. A French company is buying
land from the natives Of the New
Hebrides for the purpose Of establishing
trading stations.
The northwes has extended railroad
constructions during the year as follows:
Manitoba 942, Sault line 42S, Illinois
Central 1857, Milwaukee 81, Elkhorn
1853, Northern Pacific 80, Kansas City
306, South Shore 204, North western 1876,
Omaha "a, Wisconsin Central "a, st.
Paul and Duluth 10, st. Louis 10; tot al
1884.
The burlesque "Frsnkenstein" was
produced at the Gaiety theatre, London,
last evening with unprecedented splen-
dor OF costumes and scenery. The cur
tailment OF the pit nearly caused a riot.
The burlesque was successful, but the
performance was interrupted through
out by the patrons Of the mimic stage
innovations.